Nor'll show ya how it all works, and when he thinks that ya're doing good enough work he'll let ya off.
And should ya do a shit job, he'll kick ya out. But ya'll do yer best, right? So. I need ya... [he digs through the paperwork for a bit and then comes up with a contract] ta write yer name down here and here and here, and yer age and yer address here, and if ya have any health issues here, so we can take care that ya won't be affected adversely while working here. Ya have a month of trial, and if that works out well, ya have three months cancellation notice period, that means that if ya want ta leave or if we want ta leave, ya'll keep working fer three months after one notifies the other parties, unless there is a mutual agreement ta the contrary.
I'll do my best! [Armin promises, eager to prove himself. And he means it too! He wants to do what he can. He pulls the contract over so he can read it, focusing on it rather than Denmark for a little while, and once he's read it call carefully fills in his details.]
I don't have any health issues. I mean, I'm not as strong as some of the others, but I still passed training.
Oh! Do you have 3D manouever gear where you're from? That was our primary concern, but we did hand to hand combat as well and gunmanship, as well as general physical trials. And theoretical studies as well, tactics and the mechanics of the 3D gear. I was best at that, to be honest. Oh, and we worked with horses some as well, but I've done more of that since joining the Scouting Legion.
"Three D manoeuvre gear?" He shakes his head. That does sound interesting, but no, he has no idea.
"And the rest sounds more like what we have, I guess... I remember when we drilled soldiers mostly on shooting, and half the time they would lose eyes to their guns at some point... that really has gotten a lot safer."
I've never heard of someone losing an eye! [Armin's not as startled as you'd expect from a young man though. He's seen worse.] But then again people who fail have to go to work else where so maybe...
[Explaining the 3d gear to someone who's got no concept of it is going to be harder though and he thinks about it for a moment longer.] The 3d gear is what we use to fight the titans. It's coiled wire powered by gas that'll carry a man's weight, and we can use that to get high or move fast. And detachable blades as well, so if we break one it's not so bad.
And yeah, the losing an eye thing sucked. The ammunition just wasn't safe yet, it could explode on the soldiers... but ya always have ta get through stages of learning ta get anywhere, right?
Do you think? We don't have anything like the phones here or the... the box things with the pictures.
There were a lot of accidents when the 3D gear was being invented. [He admits thoughtfully.] Guns were already invented when the walls were built, though, so I suspect if something similar happened we lost the evidence.
I got my axe, and my nation body, and I bet there will be chances ta get something again! Ya cannot really pick, but people seem ta normally get things important ta them so if that would be important ta ya ya have good chances there.
What's a nation body? [Armin frowns. It sounds - well it sounds like something kind of horrible.] Has anyone ever got someone important to them rather than something? [Because if not he can only think of one other thing that might be returned to him. He doesn't have much in the way of possessions.]
It... is not complete, here. But as close as it can be without giving me a connection ta my world back home, I guess. Means I can't die fer good and heal faster and more completely, and can probably stay alive without food. And it takes longer ta get drunk, and I don't throw up from a single punch. Because what really affects our health are things that happen ta us as nations, not as single persons.
[He scratches his head] But here it's just weird, because we're separate but that still works, and we still have no connection ta our people and soil...
And ya can't get people. At least I never heard of it, and I bet I'd been given Faroes by now if that was possible. Or Green.
[Armin's silent for a moment, frowning deeply. All of that (well, aside from the bit about getting drunk) reminds him of titans. And titan shifters too. But Denmark's not a titan? He called it differently anyway and hasn't mentioned anything about shifting size and
and even if he is a titan shifter he seems nice. He'll probably work out what Denmark means properly when he has another chance to look at that map.]
Are they family? [But yes, he is a little disappointed to hear that. He misses Eren and Mikasa.]
They're my kids! Like Ice, but Ice is trying ta be all grown up these days and also he doesn't live with me anymore... it's really weird when the kids get big and leave the house.
But ya never know whom the landlord brings next, might just be yer friends.
W-wait, you have kids? I didn't think you were old enough! [And adult children too - just how old is Denmark? At least that means he's obviously not a titan, but maybe still a titan shifter? He's not sure. From what he can tell from awkward moments cuddled up to Eren he's still capable to be a father so...]
I'm about two thousand years old. I think. [He shrugs lightly.] People only started writing down ages and such when we were all teenagers already, so telling age can be hard.
And yeah, two of them! Both tagether with Nor, which is pretty nice, not many kids have more than one parent... We used ta have Green, too, but he didn't make it an then another Green came along, who's living with me right now, but he isn't the same one. Just the same name, because seriously nobody can remember that garble that he calls himself. [Denmark can be a racist asshole, news at four.]
Two thousand years old!! [That's like an age. And not just because Armin's only 15, but because wow two thousand years that's like twenty times as long as since the titans appeared think of all the things he could have seen.] You must have seen so many things! How did your world change in all of that time? Did people change too?
Everything changes over the years. But we only change some, I mean not more than humans over their lifetime, and those too close to us don't change at all. Which is why we can't keep humans too close, they somehow cannot deal with that. [He shrugs. It sucks, but he has gotten over it a long time ago. Or so he tells himself.] Animals can, though. The little dog that Fin and Sweden have is several centuries old now by what I can tell, and Ned has had a rabbit fer about the same amount of time.
[Armin glances at Denmark at that. So does that mean he shouldn't bother trying to get to know Denmark if he'll keep him at arm's length? He had thought that he seemed very friendly, but maybe it was just a front.]
Nah, it's just normal. Spent too much time with nations, so she's just not getting older... and human brains think too much fer that, or something. Don't worry though [he grins and slaps Armin's back] that doesn't seem ta be a problem here.
Um, well. Good? [Armin's not sure what to make of that, but anything that would get in the way of him finally having a growth spurt can stay well away.]
I wonder how that works, though. Did you ever have an anyone who stopped ageing around you? [He's starting to realise that that would be pretty lonely, though. Only your own kind and a few animals for company and he's not sure how many 'nations' there are.]
[good luck with that growth spurt in a place where nobody grows, Armin]
Maybe when I was very young. As a small kid ya don't really judge situations all that well. [and by very young he means a human age of somewhere around four or five.]
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Nor'll show ya how it all works, and when he thinks that ya're doing good enough work he'll let ya off.
And should ya do a shit job, he'll kick ya out. But ya'll do yer best, right? So. I need ya... [he digs through the paperwork for a bit and then comes up with a contract] ta write yer name down here and here and here, and yer age and yer address here, and if ya have any health issues here, so we can take care that ya won't be affected adversely while working here. Ya have a month of trial, and if that works out well, ya have three months cancellation notice period, that means that if ya want ta leave or if we want ta leave, ya'll keep working fer three months after one notifies the other parties, unless there is a mutual agreement ta the contrary.
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I don't have any health issues. I mean, I'm not as strong as some of the others, but I still passed training.
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[there are some stables that he would just assume, but then, other worlds, other customs...]
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"And the rest sounds more like what we have, I guess... I remember when we drilled soldiers mostly on shooting, and half the time they would lose eyes to their guns at some point... that really has gotten a lot safer."
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[Explaining the 3d gear to someone who's got no concept of it is going to be harder though and he thinks about it for a moment longer.] The 3d gear is what we use to fight the titans. It's coiled wire powered by gas that'll carry a man's weight, and we can use that to get high or move fast. And detachable blades as well, so if we break one it's not so bad.
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And yeah, the losing an eye thing sucked. The ammunition just wasn't safe yet, it could explode on the soldiers... but ya always have ta get through stages of learning ta get anywhere, right?
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There were a lot of accidents when the 3D gear was being invented. [He admits thoughtfully.] Guns were already invented when the walls were built, though, so I suspect if something similar happened we lost the evidence.
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[THERE IS A POSSIBILITY MAYBE IT WAS COUNTED AS CLOTHES RIGHT RIGHT HE WANTS TO TRY
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[and then he brightens up again]
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[He scratches his head] But here it's just weird, because we're separate but that still works, and we still have no connection ta our people and soil...
And ya can't get people. At least I never heard of it, and I bet I'd been given Faroes by now if that was possible. Or Green.
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and even if he is a titan shifter he seems nice. He'll probably work out what Denmark means properly when he has another chance to look at that map.]
Are they family? [But yes, he is a little disappointed to hear that. He misses Eren and Mikasa.]
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But ya never know whom the landlord brings next, might just be yer friends.
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And yeah, two of them! Both tagether with Nor, which is pretty nice, not many kids have more than one parent... We used ta have Green, too, but he didn't make it an then another Green came along, who's living with me right now, but he isn't the same one. Just the same name, because seriously nobody can remember that garble that he calls himself. [Denmark can be a racist asshole, news at four.]
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How does that work? Is it a special dog?
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finallyhaving a growth spurt can stay well away.]I wonder how that works, though. Did you ever have an anyone who stopped ageing around you? [He's starting to realise that that would be pretty lonely, though. Only your own kind and a few animals for company and he's not sure how many 'nations' there are.]
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Maybe when I was very young. As a small kid ya don't really judge situations all that well. [and by very young he means a human age of somewhere around four or five.]
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